Facility Manager

Balazs; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Air Liquide is seeking an experienced Facility Manager for our Smethwick site in Birmingham to lead daily operations, maximise site efficiency and drive commercial success. You will champion a strong safety culture, manage depot operations and inspire a dedicated team while helping grow sales across gas and hardgoods.

The role requires proven leadership, 5+ years in distribution planning, excellent communication, and a full driving licence.

Qualifications

• Experience leading and coaching teams in a management or supervisory role.
• 5+ years in distribution planning and order scheduling.
• Good numeracy and literacy.

Responsibilities

• Plan, direct, and coordinate daily branch, yard, store, and trade counter operations.
• Review financial statements, sales and activity reports to measure productivity and identify efficiencies.
• Manage local purchasing, inventory control, and stock counts.
• Act as primary key holder for branch security and cash management.
• Enforce Safety, Health, and Environment policies.
• Ensure compliance with processes and transport legislation.
• Manage fleet operations and road safety compliance.
• Collaborate with Sales to sell gas and hardgoods to customers to meet revenue targets.
• Deliver exceptional customer service across trade counter operations and deliveries.
• Recruit, train, and develop staff and foster a collaborative culture.
• Manage staffing schedules and daily duties.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Coaching

Distribution planning

Team motivation

Job description

Delivering Gas Solutions To The British Industry. Energas is a key part of the Air Liquide Group presence in the UK. Energas are a leading service provider of cylinder gases to a variety of industry sectors in the UK, delivering a local and personal service, combined with global quality products and expert technical support. Energas supply a comprehensive range of cylinder gases to suit the needs of industry from stock. All of our cylinder gases are available in a variety of sizes, ranging from small portable cylinders through to high capacity cylinder packs. For over 60 years we have provided the best industrial gas supply and service, we continue to strive to exceed our customer’s expectations every day. We pride ourselves on offering a responsive, high quality and local service.

Air Liquide is seeking an experienced Facility Manager for our site in Smethwick, Birmingham, to lead daily operations, maximize site efficiency, and drive commercial success. In this role, you will champion a strong safety culture, manage local depot operations, inspire a dedicated team, and help drive sales growth across our has and hardgoods product lines.

Responsibilities

• Plan, direct, and coordinate daily branch, yard, store, and trade counter operations efficiently and cost-effectively.
• Review financial statements, sales and activity reports, and other performance data to measure productivity and goal achievement, and to determine opportunities for efficiencies and program improvement.
• Manage local purchasing, inventory control systems, and oversee accurate, timely stock counts.
• Act as a primary key holder responsible for branch security, cash management, balancing cash books, and responding to out-of-hours emergencies.
• Enforce Safety, Health, and Environment policies, ensuring the safety of employees, customers, visitors, and contractors remains top priority.
• Ensure full compliance with processes and legal obligations, including transport legislation.
• Manage fleet operations, including road safety compliance and vehicle load security.
• Partner with the wider Sales team to actively sell gas and hardgoods to new and existing customers to meet and exceed revenue targets.
• Champion exceptional customer service across trade counter operations and customer deliveries.
• Recruit, train, and develop branch personnel while fostering a collaborative "One Team" culture.
• Manage staffing schedules, assign daily duties, and drive overall employee engagement.

Are you a MATCH? The ideal person for this role will be an experienced Leader with proven experience in a distribution environment. You will need excellent communication skills with an ability to lead and motivate others.

Requirements

• Demonstrated experience in leading and coaching others in a management or supervisory position
• 5+ years experience in distribution planning and order scheduling.
• Good standard of numeracy and literacy
• Knowledge of ISO9002 is desirable but not essential.
• Demonstrated ability of working within a fast paced environment, maintaining high levels of customer satisfaction
• A full, clean driving licence.
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Our Differences make our Performance At Air Liquide, we are committed to build a diverse and inclusive workplace that embraces the diversity of our employees, our customers, patients, community stakeholders and cultures across the world.

We welcome and consider applications from all qualified applicants, regardless of their background. We strongly believe a diverse organization opens up opportunities for people to express their talent, both individually and collectively and it helps foster our ability to innovate by living our fundamentals, acting for our success and creating an engaging environment in a changing world.

A world leader in gases, technologies and services for Industry and Health. Through the passion and diversity of its people, Air Liquide leverages energy and environment transition, changes in healthcare and digitization, and delivers greater value to all its stakeholders.

Join us for a stimulating experience: you’ll find a world of learning and development opportunities where inventiveness is at the heart of what we do, in an open, collaborative and respectful environment. Discover what your professional journey at Air Liquide could be here! We want to ensure a safe experience for everyone interested in joining Air Liquide.